Some pictures I took recently

whyulittle

I could hear this Whooper Swan in the distance, sounded pretty distressed. Met two lads who came from its direction, they said two Mutes were attacking it.

Art Deko

Art Deko

Can anybody help identify this little fella? He's only about 1.5 mm in size. I was taking some macro shots of moss and spotted him weaving away.

mikka631

Art Deko wrote: »

Can anybody help identify this little fella? He's only about 1.5 mm in size. I was taking some macro shots of moss and spotted him weaving away.

Hi Greg, the closest I can find in one of my books is Erigone Atra one of the Dwarf Spiders Linyphiidae though I could be mistaken...../Mick

mikka631

Goldfinch


Greenfinch


Siskin

Art Deko

mikka631 wrote: »

Hi Greg, the closest I can find in one of my books is Erigone Atra one of the Dwarf Spiders Linyphiidae though I could be mistaken...../Mick

Thanks Michael. I think you're right. I checked your description here on this site and it looks the same. http://bugguide.net/node/view/1969/bgimage

Eyepatch

mikka631! Your "garden visitors" are gorgeous! Would be obliged if you could name them for us! Thank you.

mikka631

Eyepatch wrote: »

mikka631! Your "garden visitors" are gorgeous! Would be obliged if you could name them for us! Thank you.

Ooops, done that now

Eyepatch

Thank you, mikka631. I have seen glimpses of those in my garden, but they are very fleeting, certainly impossible for me to photograph. Again - thanks!

Art Deko

mikka631

Art Deko

spookwoman

Rain not helping today

Centipede

vandriver

Swallow by carl cotter, on Flickr


Swallow by carl cotter, on Flickr

vandriver

My 30th garden bird!


Willow Warbler by carl cotter, on Flickr

spookwoman

Lesser Redpoll

Art Deko

whyulittle

A new bird for me at Boora today, a Whinchat I think.


And an old favourite too.

soupdragon

Could that be a Varroa mite on the Bee?

DellyBelly

whyulittle wrote: »

A new bird for me at Boora today, a Whinchat I think.


That is a lovely male whinchat. A nice find as there isn't many spots in the country where you can find these beauties...

Art Deko

soupdragon wrote: »

Could that be a Varroa mite on the Bee?

See the new thread in nature & bird watching. :-)

Art Deko

Art Deko

cscook

Hawthorn Shield Bug?

Had an omelet under the grill at the time when I scooped it out of the kitchen, so couldn't spend long fiddling with depth of field. Was just lucky to have the macro lens on the camera!

Eyepatch

He's gorgeous!

spookwoman

unknown looking for an ID

Meadow Pipit

Ant

7 spotted ladybird

Bsal

I would guess Chiffchaff or Willow warbler for the first one, hard to tell without hearing its song.

spookwoman

Found this vid on how to tell chiffchaffs and willow warblers apart. Legs, cheacks, under belly etc. I thinks its a willow didnt hear the chiffchaff sound at all.

heres another shot

dodderangler

cscook wrote: »

Hawthorn Shield Bug?
Had an omelet under the grill at the time when I scooped it out of the kitchen, so couldn't spend long fiddling with depth of field. Was just lucky to have the macro lens on the camera!

Had one in house the other day but was solid brown
The one you have there is a international spy reading up on Spanish leads

whyulittle

Willow Warbler - they were everywhere today!


Wheatear


Grey Partridge


Common Frog


Peregrine